Deborah Ross actually said...

"I think, unfortunately, the fact that Congress has under-funded local elections has resulted in things that we are seeing, like longer lines in polling stations, you know, making it harder for people ..."

"In these times of backlash, Black and Brown Americans are facing one of the greatest assaults on our voting rights since the Jim Crow era."

"This Congress has the opportunity and obligation to strengthen our elections by finally making them equally accessible to Black voters and other voters of color."

"One of the first bills I worked on when I got to this Committee more than a decade ago was the Tsunami Warning Education Research Act."